WEBVTT 00:00:26.989 --> 00:00:28.929 Hey everybody, welcome back. This is Food for 00:00:28.929 --> 00:00:30.329 Thought, Thoughts that Fit With You, and I'm 00:00:30.329 --> 00:00:34.030 your host, Neogentrics. It is midnight right now, 00:00:34.149 --> 00:00:37.070 and today we're going to talk about a topic that's 00:00:37.070 --> 00:00:41.729 long since overdue. What is personal development? 00:00:43.109 --> 00:00:47.890 So, simple question, basic answer. And like I 00:00:47.890 --> 00:00:49.170 mentioned before, there's a lot of stuff going 00:00:49.170 --> 00:00:51.270 on right now in life, and everyone's, you know... 00:00:51.800 --> 00:00:53.939 Worried about what they need to do, how they 00:00:53.939 --> 00:00:56.000 need to progress throughout their lives thanks 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:57.640 to the pandemic. Are they going to be able to 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:00.060 move on? Are they going to start to wear face 00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:02.299 masks, different things like that. But a lot 00:01:02.299 --> 00:01:03.820 of people are mostly worried about their kids. 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:06.719 Some are more worried about themselves and how 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:09.000 they take care of themselves. Well, today and 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:11.120 tomorrow I'm going to cover two different podcasts. 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:12.780 You'll probably get them back to back, who knows. 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:15.140 It just depends on when I decide to release them. 00:01:15.219 --> 00:01:18.099 But today I'm going to cover what is personal 00:01:18.099 --> 00:01:19.579 development and tomorrow I'm going to talk about 00:01:19.579 --> 00:01:23.090 the practical steps for that. But before we go 00:01:23.090 --> 00:01:24.609 any further, I want you to go ahead and understand 00:01:24.609 --> 00:01:27.790 this. Personal development is a lifelong process. 00:01:28.609 --> 00:01:34.930 You know, it is in a way, it's a way for people 00:01:34.930 --> 00:01:37.670 to assess their skills, qualities, you know, 00:01:37.670 --> 00:01:39.650 and consider their aims in life and set goals 00:01:39.650 --> 00:01:42.090 in order to realize and maximize their potential. 00:01:42.989 --> 00:01:45.730 Okay? One of the things I'm going to do is help 00:01:45.730 --> 00:01:47.409 you identify the skills you need to set life 00:01:47.409 --> 00:01:49.810 goals, which can enhance your employability, 00:01:49.989 --> 00:01:52.629 prospects, raise your confidence, or even lead 00:01:52.629 --> 00:01:56.530 to more fulfilling, higher quality of life, depending 00:01:56.530 --> 00:01:58.329 on your preference of a higher quality of life. 00:01:59.150 --> 00:02:03.549 Also, plan to make relevant and positive, also 00:02:03.549 --> 00:02:07.930 effective life choices slash decisions for your 00:02:07.930 --> 00:02:10.830 future to enable personal empowerment. It's just 00:02:10.830 --> 00:02:14.520 a way to make you feel better and move. forward 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:44.669 in the right direction. Okay? So I got a question. 00:02:44.849 --> 00:02:47.750 Why is personal development even important in 00:02:47.750 --> 00:02:50.830 the first place? Why does it even matter? Well, 00:02:50.889 --> 00:02:52.870 to be fair, there are many ideas surrounding 00:02:52.870 --> 00:02:55.710 personal development. And one of them is, of 00:02:55.710 --> 00:03:01.050 course, Abraham Maslow's process of self -actualization. 00:03:02.229 --> 00:03:07.810 Self -actualization. Something to keep in mind 00:03:07.810 --> 00:03:16.639 here. I do believe it's 1970. He suggested that 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:19.400 all individuals have an inbuilt need for personal 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:21.819 development, which occurs through a process of 00:03:21.819 --> 00:03:24.500 self -actualization, which is basically analyzing 00:03:24.500 --> 00:03:28.539 yourself. Let me give you an example. Let me 00:03:28.539 --> 00:03:29.879 dive into this first, and then I'll tell you 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:32.699 what I mean. So, to an extent, to which people 00:03:32.699 --> 00:03:35.199 are able to develop depends on certain needs 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:39.199 being met, and, you know, these needs, he formed 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:42.020 them into a kind of hierarchy, if you will. Only 00:03:42.020 --> 00:03:45.120 when one level of need is satisfied can someone 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:47.860 develop something higher or go higher. You know, 00:03:47.879 --> 00:03:49.379 and as change occurs throughout life, however, 00:03:49.500 --> 00:03:53.379 the level of motivation needed by someone's behavior 00:03:53.379 --> 00:03:56.879 can also change from time to time. So keep that 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:00.240 in mind. The very, very bottom of this pyramid 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:05.520 for this hierarchy. is basic physiological needs 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:09.280 such as food, drink, sleep, the basics for survival, 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:11.960 yes, this includes sex, weirdly enough, and exercise. 00:04:12.539 --> 00:04:15.180 All of these things are stuff that matter as 00:04:15.180 --> 00:04:18.660 far as your basic physiological needs. Second 00:04:18.660 --> 00:04:21.920 are the needs for safety and security, both in 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:24.759 the physical and economic sense. You know, feeling 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:27.579 safe from potentially dangerous situations, whether 00:04:27.579 --> 00:04:30.160 physical or psychological, and other events. 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:33.050 Or... If you're one of those people that's more 00:04:33.050 --> 00:04:36.310 materialistic, health, work, money, routines, 00:04:36.709 --> 00:04:41.829 familiarity, things of that nature. Third, the 00:04:41.829 --> 00:04:45.250 progression can be made to satisfy the needs 00:04:45.250 --> 00:04:48.050 for love and belonging. You know, the affiliation 00:04:48.050 --> 00:04:49.870 of feeling like you're part of a group, a family, 00:04:49.970 --> 00:04:52.949 a society, something at work. Essentially a way 00:04:52.949 --> 00:04:56.089 of giving and receiving trust, acceptance, affection, 00:04:56.389 --> 00:04:59.040 love, what have you. Doesn't really matter as 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:00.899 far as that one's concerned. You can read into 00:05:00.899 --> 00:05:04.000 that however much you need. The fourth one where 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:07.439 a lot of people fail is usually the need for 00:05:07.439 --> 00:05:09.339 self -esteem and self -worth. A lot of people 00:05:09.339 --> 00:05:12.220 don't have this, and most people consider this 00:05:12.220 --> 00:05:15.420 level technically self -empowerment. I can always 00:05:15.420 --> 00:05:21.540 cover that at a later date when I cover personal 00:05:21.540 --> 00:05:24.500 empowerment. For lack of a better word, that's 00:05:24.500 --> 00:05:26.519 what this is. It's basically feeling confident, 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:29.879 having some self -respect, self -esteem, or in 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:31.819 other people's cases, gaining the respect of 00:05:31.819 --> 00:05:34.339 others, families, socially, or at work for what 00:05:34.339 --> 00:05:39.480 it is that they do in that regard. Fifth relates 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:41.680 to the need to understand. This level includes 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.620 more abstract entities such as the curiosity 00:05:44.620 --> 00:05:47.040 and search for the meaning or purpose of something, 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:50.379 or your life, or other deeper understanding, 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:58.279 what have you. okay six refers to aesthetic needs 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:04.220 which is beauty symmetry order creativity art 00:06:04.220 --> 00:06:07.079 design something of that category once you get 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:09.339 past the self -esteem issue and the needing to 00:06:09.339 --> 00:06:11.620 know why being able to develop some type of creative 00:06:11.620 --> 00:06:15.100 aesthetic is you know usually something that 00:06:15.100 --> 00:06:16.720 people look towards like they like I need to 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:18.600 have something to do I can't just do nothing 00:06:19.259 --> 00:06:21.500 And then finally at the top of Maslow's hierarchy 00:06:21.500 --> 00:06:24.259 was self -actualization, which essentially means 00:06:24.259 --> 00:06:26.199 reaching your full potential, becoming everything 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:29.399 one is capable of becoming. That's essentially 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:34.759 the main idea. Essentially, Maslow said that 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:36.879 all individuals have the need to see themselves 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:40.139 as competent and autonomous. Also, that every 00:06:40.139 --> 00:06:43.480 person has less room for growth, to a point, 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:45.540 you know, they're only limited by themselves. 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:51.399 But self -actualization in a nutshell means to 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:54.879 refer to the desire that everyone has to become 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:57.680 everything that they are capable of becoming 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:02.680 in a nutshell. Or in other words, it refers to 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:05.000 self -fulfillment and the need to reach a full 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.639 potential as a unique human being. Everyone likes 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:09.259 to feel unique. They don't want to feel like 00:07:09.259 --> 00:07:11.819 they're somebody else. Although for a lot of 00:07:11.819 --> 00:07:14.949 people, when they fail to identify self, They 00:07:14.949 --> 00:07:16.990 think that they need to be like everyone else. 00:07:17.009 --> 00:07:19.550 That's the whole idea of, hey, you're not normal. 00:07:19.629 --> 00:07:22.410 You're not this. Meaning that they like being 00:07:22.410 --> 00:07:24.589 like other people. They don't want to be themselves. 00:07:26.029 --> 00:07:29.329 So, but as for Maslow, the path of self -actualization 00:07:29.329 --> 00:07:32.009 involves being in touch with your feelings, experiencing 00:07:32.009 --> 00:07:35.110 life fully, and, you know, utter total concentration. 00:07:35.389 --> 00:07:37.769 Something that most people are not capable of 00:07:37.769 --> 00:08:00.350 doing. Alright everybody, let's continue. So, 00:08:00.449 --> 00:08:02.290 next you need to manage your personal development. 00:08:02.569 --> 00:08:04.850 There are a number of steps to take in managing 00:08:04.850 --> 00:08:07.589 your personal development that you can use. The 00:08:07.589 --> 00:08:10.110 first one is develop a personal vision. Personal 00:08:10.110 --> 00:08:13.769 development can be simple, or rather, it can 00:08:13.769 --> 00:08:17.410 be simply fun. But for most of us, however, we 00:08:17.410 --> 00:08:21.750 find it easier to motivate ourselves. and to 00:08:21.750 --> 00:08:24.230 learn and improve if we have a purpose in doing 00:08:24.230 --> 00:08:26.689 so. Developing your vision, a clear idea of where 00:08:26.689 --> 00:08:29.089 you want to be in a few months or years and why 00:08:29.089 --> 00:08:32.070 is a very crucial part in developing this purpose. 00:08:33.309 --> 00:08:36.909 Okay, next, planning your personal development. 00:08:37.149 --> 00:08:38.830 Once you're clear about what you want to be, 00:08:38.990 --> 00:08:41.750 you can start planning how to get there. Drawing 00:08:41.750 --> 00:08:43.889 up a personal development plan is not even essential, 00:08:44.490 --> 00:08:47.590 but it does make the planning process a little 00:08:47.590 --> 00:08:50.009 more realistic and you can visually see what 00:08:50.009 --> 00:08:57.460 you're doing. Not to mention that, you know, 00:08:57.500 --> 00:09:00.460 once you start the improvement process, everything 00:09:00.460 --> 00:09:03.720 just kind of falls into place as it should. Okay? 00:09:05.700 --> 00:09:09.600 Now, next to last, I want you to remember that 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:11.620 recording your personal development is something 00:09:11.620 --> 00:09:15.860 that is key to moving forward. Okay? A lot of 00:09:15.860 --> 00:09:18.059 people aren't able to do this, so there's different 00:09:18.059 --> 00:09:27.600 things you need to be aware of. This idea of 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:30.139 recording your personal development is also to 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:32.879 help you reflect and also may serve to motivate 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:36.620 you for your future skills moving forward. Try 00:09:36.620 --> 00:09:40.220 to keep a learning log or a journal as you develop 00:09:40.220 --> 00:09:43.039 your skills and your knowledge as well. It'll 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:46.500 help you improve at a faster and more reactive 00:09:46.500 --> 00:09:51.169 rate. And lastly, I want you to... you know remember 00:09:51.169 --> 00:09:53.289 to review and revise your personal development 00:09:53.289 --> 00:09:56.889 plans as you go as like your body and you they 00:09:56.889 --> 00:10:03.769 do change over time okay for more effective learning 00:10:03.769 --> 00:10:06.049 it is important to reflect your experiences and 00:10:06.049 --> 00:10:08.870 consider what you have learned from them Regular 00:10:08.870 --> 00:10:10.789 review of your personal development plans and 00:10:10.789 --> 00:10:12.470 your development activities will ensure that, 00:10:12.509 --> 00:10:15.009 you know, you learn from what you have done and 00:10:15.009 --> 00:10:17.110 also ensure that your activities continue to 00:10:17.110 --> 00:10:19.309 move you towards your goal and that your goals 00:10:19.309 --> 00:10:22.269 or visions remain relevant to you. Keep this 00:10:22.269 --> 00:10:25.070 in mind as you continue to, you know, increase 00:10:25.070 --> 00:10:27.850 and improve on your personal development, okay? 00:10:28.889 --> 00:10:31.950 A lot of people don't, aren't able to do this, 00:10:31.990 --> 00:10:34.690 so keep this in mind that it does take time. 00:10:35.610 --> 00:10:43.679 It doesn't happen overnight. All right. I want 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:45.580 to thank you guys for listening in to this podcast. 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:47.100 I hope you'll enjoy the rest of your day.